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\ Vol. 3, No. 32. Port Royal, S. C., Saturday, May 20, 1865. Whole No. 136. -
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THE KEOnO'# PKATTB.
Lord, if thou dost with equal 03-4
See all the sons of Adam die,
Why dost Thou hide Thy face from slaves,
Consigned by fate to serve the knaves?
Stolen or sold in Africa,
Imported to America,
Liko hogs or sheep in market Sold,
To stem the boat or brook the cold.
To work all day and half the night,
And rise before the morning light. ,
Sustain the lash, endure the pain.
Exposed to storm b of snow and rain, ;
Pinched both with hunger and with cold, ,
And if we beg * e meet a scold;
And after ail the tedious round,
At night to stretch upon the ground. 1
lias Heaven decreed that ncgroc-3 must
By cruel man be ever curs'd?
Forever drag the galling chain
And ne'er enjoy themselves again ? ]
When will Jehovah hear our cries ? (
When will the sun of freedom rise?
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When wiH a Jfasss for us itand,
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AH CI ireo US ITUU1 A ff?t' ujn * r^uiu ( ,
What though oar skin be black as Jet, ]
Our hair be ouruuattu a?.? %Must
wc for this no freedom have,
Until we find it in the grave j 1
? TToatf'* Alminarf?r 1811. j j
Gi-encval I3ut.leron Re-const rue- j (
tion. ! ]
Oil the evening of the 1st of itnv, Maj. j<
Gen. B. F. Butler, delivered an address; \
before the Union League Club of Now ,
York, at their rooms, Union Square, j I
John Jn)* Esq., presiding, wherein he j}
gave his views at length concerning
Kc-ccnstrnction.
lie reiterates his opinion that the pco- :
pie of the rebellious States stand in the'
10 r ,l volntinn to the Government as nU*n ; ]
enemies, and stated that the proposition !,
has been con.limed by repeated solemn
decisions of the Supreme Court. He \:
would have Military Governors appointed ,,
for each State, selected as much for their n
knowledge of civil affairs, as of "Army,
Regulations," nnd then have loyal- citizens
who ha I never held o$c> during Or?
. ejcUlon to vote upon the question of return
as loyal States, subject to specified j
conditions, as follows:
1 lt<v?vwiftr.r frtrf-rp-l- tllWft fchoultl '
be neither slavery nor involuntary servi-1
tude except for crime judicially declared, j
*2. That there can not exist in the po j
litical system of the United Shite? any j
such thing as a right of secession by a
State.
3. That no person, corporation, muni- j i
cipal or other, or State could or might.
ever assume or pay any part ci the debt,
i.v claim by any person or corporation,
State or Confc-derrtion of States, incurred '
or in any way arising from or in aid of
the late rebellion.
4. That any peison who had held mili-1
tury, civil or diplomatic office under the [
so-called Confederate States, or cither ofj
f i j. j.
them, or been any agent thereof during
the. rebellion should have no political
rights in the State, but should be and
remain AlI?n (hereuntoforever."
One more condition wc would have
added in explicit terms?That the right
of suffrage should bo free to all male persons
of undoubted loyalty with the restriction
alone, that every voter should
"show tfis ability to read and write. However,
the idea of the General i3 excellent
and gbes to the root of the matter?beginning
exactly where we should if we
wish to avoid interminable difficulty.
The summary and concluding part of the
speech we print in full, as follows:
<' I would first present the principles;
these being determined, then the questions
of men could be discussed. Upon
the first proposition that Invould require
to be submitted to the people of each rebellious
State, before it can ask to come
back into relations with the loyal States,
to wit: the Abolition of Slavery, there certainly
can be b?t one mind at the North.
The-second that there can be no right of
secession is necessaiy to be declared a9
a part of the fundimental law, because
for more than thirty years the people of
the South have been taught by their leaders
that such a right docs exist, so that
mar y good and true men have been led
iway by this heresy into a rebellion from
which they would otherwise have 6hrnnk.
Let the maxim, then, " no right of secession,"
hereafter stifcd as the cornerstone
:>f lha frame < f Government of each revolted
State. They owe so much to the
iacnnces or the loyal States for thai
Lftj^ny JhS.tbirri.nrpnositinn. that, thai
Jonlcclerato debt shall never do recognized,
is necessary .as a preventive ot1
?riei ojs wror g. The loyal States of the j
North, New York for example, in addi-1
tion to its share of the National debt is
burdened with many millions of State
debt, all contracted in defense of the
country and in subduing the rebellion.
Ihc Southern States, when they return
to their 44practical relations with the j
Sov< rnment," will come back wholly free '
[rom this class of debt with which New
York is burdened. Their debt, if any, |
will have been contracted in fighting
igainst the Union and not in restoringit,
and, of course, will be first repudiated. ,
But, in time, when, as is just, New York
;ind the other loyal States call upon the j
General Government to assume this debt j
contracted iu its own defense, such de-'
ruand will be opposed by the Southern
States, which have no such debt, or will
be incumbered with the proposition to
assume for the South some part of the
Confederate debt; niul such will be the
power of the pressme upon Congress ot
the immense amount of the consolidated
debt, unjust and iniquitious as it would I
bo for the nation to assume it, I should
fear for the result Therefore I would
have it as a part of the fnndimental law 1
of each State that no part of such debt
Blionld ever be assumed or paid by the
State or any poition thereof The as- :
sumption of such debt by the General
f ir n A/vi / ? A r?V. 4 h
V.TW? \"i uiiivjiik irt ft aw naii^ut ,
danger, 30 aided by the influence of
money, that I would employ every means
to keep it from the national councils.
The necessity of the fourth proposed
amendment'to the Constitution of the
several States, that no rebel officers
should vote c-r hold office, in obvious
from these coi.siderllhions. This Rebellion
was largely set on foot because political
powe'r was departing from the South
and traveling northward ; to regain that
power which their enterprise, wealth,
and consequent increase of population
brought to the Xorth, the leaders at the
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Sooth plunged the Nation into this horrid
war. Shall we not, therefore, teach coming1
generations by living examples that
political power is not gained but irretrievably
lost by rebellion against the United
Stages? Beside, the common mind at the
Sonth has been heretofore so much controlled
by the leading men that such de-1
privation of political power is absolutely !
necessary to deprive the leading class i
I there of that influence over the Southern
i thought, which has heretofore been and
| will hereafter be exerted against the
: Union. Being a Democrat, 1 would
I braak down the laudholding and slnvci
holding aristcrcracy of the South, which
j has brought so much evil upon us. Is!
! nofthe deprivation of political rights the i
! appropriate and mildest form of punish-.
j ment of treason ? Is this not a necessary!
j measure of precaution against future
ievils? For these reasons, therefore,
! which I have scarcely hinted at, I would I
insist, before any that the inhabitants, j
in their primary and fundamental law as
a part of the frame of government should '
solemnly, provide that there should
be neither Slavery or Secession in their
| State ; and that Rebel debts and Rebel
voUto should be alike repudiated.''
? Xlie Freedraen.
Governme^ has given up the experiment
ot supporting the blacks at Freedman's
village, Arlington. Work is offered
to all willing to labor, at the usual
prjpes, and rent is charged them for their '
tenements at $4 per month. All incapa-1!
vi- ..~ ?4 AV-? i1
L/ivj ui uuwiiuiig iw <U;V,CJJI? liitrac terms uic ; ^
to be removed to Mason's Island, near
Georgetown. There are numerous appli-1 j
cations from the North for their sevices,
Sptfoif fii'iffiy.m.niSi?""'V
The following order has recently been (
issued by Gen. Schcfield : :.
Heaixj'rs. Dept. or N. C., 1 , <
Army of the Ohio, Kaleigh,
N. C., April 28, 1885. )
General Orders, (
No. 32. )
To remove a doubt which seems to exist
in the minds of some of the people of *
North Carolina, it is herebv declared that, 11
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oy virtue ox ine proclamation ui iuc x resident
of the United States, dated January !
1, 1863, all persons in thi3 State heretolore
held as slaves are now free: and that j
it is th'e-dnty of the army to maintain the |
freedom of such persons.
It is recommended to the former masters
of the freedmen to employ them as
hired servants at reasonable wages. And j
it is recommended to the freedmen tbaj, <
when allowed to do so, they remain with |,
their former masters and labor faithfully; j
s;> long as they shall Le treated kindly ,
_ a "! ~ ,*t. 1 xi
ana pni(rrcasoi:?:uu wages ; or mat :.
immediately seek employment elsewhere ,
in the land of work to which they are ac- j (
customed. It is not well for them to j
congregate about towns or military i'
camps. They will not be supported in ,
idleness.
By Command of Maj.-Gen. Schofield, !
J. A. Cambbell, Ass't. Adjt.-Gen. > (
In a speech at Charleston, last week,
bv Chief Justice Chase, he said, in nddressing
the Freedraen :
| " I have said the victory is won. The
armies of the lebellwn are disbanded,
I peace returns, and peace brings wi:h it its
;dutie3. A great race, numbering four
millions, is sudenly brought ii.tofrec-!
i dom. All the world i3 looking to see;
| whether the prophecies of the enemies ol
I that race will be fulfilled or falsified. It
i lests upon the men of that race to tell. *
They say that you wiil be disorderly,!
; shiftless, iazy; that you will starve rather j
than work: that wages cannot tempt you!
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to work ; that you will become thievish
vagabonds. So your enemies say; so,
too, a great many people that are not
your enemies seriously fear.
It is for you to show whether it shall
be so or not. You need not in the meantime
be particularly anxious what people
fay about you. Show that you will be
honest, temperate, industrious and faithful
in your employments ; that you -are
ready to do honest work for honest
wages ; be economical, lay up a portion
of every days or every month's earnings
in some sayings hank for yourselves and '
families for a rainy day. Do everything
in your power to increase the products of
the country ; doing this with all your
might you will save yourselves and reflect
credit upon those who have been your
friends. ?
(rod fnrhid th.it hf?f<vrA T <V!o T aViall Via
obliged to hang my head and say, I expected
a great deal of this people, be- <
lieved them to be honest, industrious and
orderly, and I find I have been mistaken;
that they allowed miserable prejudices to .
grow up amongst them ; that they permitted
themselves to bo controlled By
vindictiveness of feeling ; that they were
unwilling to labor for their living.
For, after all, labor must be the cardinal
law of your lives. I was, myself, a '
Western boy, and in the log cabins of the <
West we fared just as roughly as most
of you have fared. We had very little
capita!, nothing to go upon but our own
good will, patient hearts and free school
education, which, thank God, this country
gave to all her white children,
ind is now going to give to all the
blacks who will take it. Well, upon .
such capital we went to work, and we . *
inmo.tr> .rynaothiiHT ; 7 .. i . .J
You can do the same thiug if you will
^o to work in the same way. But if you
spena j our time in iretting because tins
or that white nun has a better time than
von have or more advantages, and take
short cuts to what you may think success,
eon will, in the end, be very sadly disappointed.
Take things patiently, and la- ,
bor faithfully ; the result will be glorious.
Let the soldier fight well, let the preach?r
preach well, let the carpenter shove ,
bis plane with all his might, and the
planter put in and gather in as?mucli
;orn or cotton as ho can?working for
fair wages, and as he gets able, to ,hire
others, paying them fair wages too. Act
:hn3, and I have no fears for ypur future."
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The Punishment of Traitors.?Gen.
Grant's treaty with Lee was a purely
military one, and in no way affects the idea
of trial, judgment, and sentence for
treason, in the future. Gen. Sherman's
Attempts to settle the political questions
af the rebellion in connection: with
Johnston's surrender lias been most
promptly rebuked by President John sod,
whose many forcible declarations that
!i traitors must be punished," offer guarantee
that not only men like Davis, Hunter,
Judge Campbell, Governor Drown, >
kc., but I/oe, Longstreet, Johnston, Hardee,
Bragg, Hampton, Beauregard, Forrest,
Pickett, and a long list of others
will meet the punishment so justly duo
the leaders in this attempt to " assassin
are the Republic,'' a greater crime, a3
President Johnson expressly declarer,
than even that committed by the infamous
Booth. Paroled officers, when the
impossibility of exchange shall have become
apparent, and the belligerent rights
of the rebels shall have been revoked, as
they soon must be, will be subject to
arrest, trial, judgment, and sentence for
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